Championship SCR
How much can Charlton Athletic spend?
Charlton Athletic: the SCR breakdown
- Estimated revenue (football) reported £11.2m
- 85% SCR limit (no owner top-up) £9.5m
- Estimated squad cost estimated £12.1m
- Headroom vs 85% limit −£2.6m
- + Max owner equity top-up (if used) £16m
- Max spending allowance (with top-up) £25.5m
- Headroom vs max allowance +£13.4m
What this means
On these estimates, Charlton Athletic are spending above the 85% Green Threshold but within reach of it - the kind of position the owner top-up allowance is designed to cover. Manageable, but not unlimited.
Summer 2026 window vs SCR headroom
No disclosed net-spend figure for the summer 2026 window. Press-reported transfer fees for Charlton Athletic could not be reconciled closely enough to publish a net figure, so this site records nothing rather than guessing — a reporting gap, not a sign they spent nothing.
Every permanent deal (11 incoming, 13 outgoing) is listed as either free or undisclosed - no fee disclosed for any transfer this window. Re-researched 2026-09-06 (5 days post-window-close) specifically looking for fees that may have since leaked; none found. No named source states a total, so spend, sales and net_spend stay null rather than assumed zero.
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Spending beyond calculated headroom is not automatically a breach: transfer fees are amortised over the contract, sales offset signings, and none of it reaches SCR squad cost until the next accounts are filed. Every club's window spend vs headroom →
Old rules vs new: PSR compared to SCR
PSR loss limits did not apply to Charlton as a League One club - they operated under the Salary Cost Management Protocol (wage spending caps: 60% of turnover). Losses of ~£6.3m, £6.3m and £13.9m but no loss-based PSR threshold to breach. Not directly comparable.
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Compare Charlton with another club
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